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Fair Trade Rainbow Words Tie Dyed Lokta Paper Journal

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"From poems, to recipes, to notes, or just daily to do lists; your words will turn into art within this notebook. Each handmade notebook has its own unique tie-dye hard cover with rope closure and 50 sheets of beautiful, handmade rice paper. This notebook is so beautiful and unique it will make writing a pleasure and reading a joy. This notebook is approximately 4.5 inches x 6 inches and contains 50 sheet of paper. This fair trade notebook not only supports impoverished women and children, but the ecosystem too! (Please see our fair trade page for more info and products about this initiative.) The lokta paper, commonly known as rice paper, is made of Daphne Papyracea shrubs which is grown above 8000ft altitude. It is made by hand, free of any machines or equipment. The shrubs are cultivated from the managed forests, thus protecting and respecting ecological balances. These shrubs have amazing regenerative characteristics and quickly regrow after being cut. The bark or the lokta is cleaned and dried, then chipped into small pieces. The small pieces are soaked in hot water and then hammered into a pulp. The result is a beautiful, earthy paper. "